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Some of that evidence is featured in the open-access, July 2019 special issue of Tobacco Regulatory Science.

I was skeptical at the time that American Spirits were “healthier” than any other cigarette, and I wish I knew then what I know now: they weren’t alone in their misperceptions (in 2013-2014, a majority of American Spirits cigarette smokers ( 55-67%) said their brand “might be less harmful” than other brands), and there’s a lack of evidence to demonstrate American Spirits are healthier or less harmful than other cigarettes and some evidence to the contrary. And they would always tell me not to worry because they smoked organic, natural cigarettes that didn’t have any additives, which seemed to imply they believed them to be less harmful in some way. They both knew about the myriad of negative health consequences caused by, and associated with, cigarette smoking, but it didn’t outweigh their “but it might not happen to me” mentality and the various forms of more immediate “enjoyment” they got out of smoking.

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They were always enlightening conversations, but I remember finding myself unsure of how to address the American Spirits’ “organic,” “natural,” and “additive-free” rhetoric with these two particular coworkers. So I would chat up coworkers who were willing to talk about their smoking. By that time I had gotten involved with tobacco control programming through my college’s health center (I’ve previously confessed to being a total nerd!) and had a mentor who reminded me often that the perspective and experience of people who smoke should always be part of tobacco control efforts. So how does this relate to American Spirits cigarettes? I remember conversations with two different coworkers about them. The most recent analysis of tobacco use among working adults shows some progress with a decrease to 25.1%, but food prep and service-related workers continue to have the second highest rate by occupation. At the time, smoking rates among food prep and service-related workers were the second highest of all occupation groups at 30% (compared to 19.6% of all working adults). I was still exposed from coworkers smoking outside at shift changes and breaks. As a result, my exposure to secondhand smoke at work decreased substantially, but not entirely. I was thrilled when the city eventually adopted a clean indoor air ordinance, and a few years later, statewide protections followed. Like most restaurants at the time, we had a smoking section, and I oftentimes was assigned to it. I started as a teen at my family’s restaurants before smoke-free workplace laws swept the nation.